Reel



June 7, 1932. E. H. SCHANE REEL Filed June 28, 1928 l-JVENTOR ATTORNEYSPatented June 7, 1932 UNITED STATES EDWARD H. SCHANE, OF LAKEWOOD, OHIOREEL Application filed June 28, 1928, Serial No. 289,007.

This invention relates to a reel whichis more particularly intended toreceive plain or barbed wire wound upon the same in shipment from themill to the ultimate consumer.

iv One of the objects of the invention is to provide a reel made up of aplurality of parts which may be disassembled so that the reel may beshipped or stored in knock-down condition, and further to provide insuch a type H ofreel a positive interlocking arrangement of the parts,such that the parts of the reel when assembled are practically rigidlyassembled so that when the reel is mounted upon aspindle or mandrel forthe purpose '13 of winding wire upon the reel or of winding 7 it off ofthe reel, the parts of the reel will be positively retained against anyspreading action or any other relative movement which would be likely tocause collapse of the reel. 7

' :i; A further object of the invention is to provide a reel for thepurpose described, in which the same may be made of wire at low cost ofmanufacture, both from the viewpoint of material involved and from theviewpoint of labor required in manufacturing the same.

Reference should be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis specification, in which p Figure 1 is a perspective view showingthe 3o assembled parts of the reel.

' Figure 2 is an end elevation of the reel. v

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the reel. Figure 4 is an elevationwith'portions in section showing a. detail of construction of the reel.

Referring to the drawing, the reel comprises four parts. The membersland 2 may be termed end or head members and are each,

in the construction as shown, formed from a to single piece of wire bentto have the four extending arms somewhat resembling a cross inconfiguration. V

The barrel of the reel is made up of two members which are generallyindicated at 3 ps5 and 4. The member l is provided with two parallelside members which are indicated at 5 and 6, respectively, andoppositely disposed end portions which lie in a plane that issubstantially at right angles to the side members 5 and 6.

The end members are similar and are each formed to have a loop orsubstantially half round portion 7 which cooperates with a similarloopupon the other of the barrel members, as will be later explained, toform an eye for the reception of a mandrel or shaft upon whichthe reelmay be mounted. Each end portion is also formed with a reentrant loop 8,the purpose of which, and its mode of cooperation with other parts ofthe reel, will (so 7 be later described.

Each ofthe side members 5 and. 6 are at their opposite ends providedwith bends in the wire, which may be termed notches, as indicated at 9,so that when the parts of the barrel of the reel are assembled withrespect to the head members 1 and 2, these notches such as representedat 9 will serve to receive and retain the portions of the head members,and thus prevent their ready dislodgement, although thenotches are notso deep but that V the heads may be readily disassembled by theapplication of a proper amount of force.

The second member of the barrel portion of the reel is formed by sidemembers 10 and 11, 7 which eXtend substantially parallel witheachothenand at their ends have connecting portions, which connectingportions are each formed with a substantially half round loop 12, whichcooperates with the half round loop 7 on the other member ofthe barrelor cage, thus completing an eye adapted for the reception of a mandrelor shaft for supporting the reel. i p

The connecting portion at each end of the members 10 and 11 has an openloop portion 13, which is more particularlvshown in Fig ure 4 and whichis so formed that, when the members of the barrel or cage are assembled,the part 13 will engage with the loop portion 8 and thus provide apositive lock, preventing any spreading of the members of the barrel orcage when the head members are assembled with respe'ct thereto.

It will be notedthat when the head members are assembled with respect tothe body or barrel, the two members of the cage-are held in properposition with respect to each otherand any tendency of the eye, formedby the half round portions 7 andS tospread,

i ll) is resisted by the interengagement between thereof opposite to theengaging parts 8 and 13 is resisted by the head members, which engagewith the side members and 10 under a certain amount of tension, whichwill eii'ectively prevent distortion of the eye.

' Each of the members of the cage or barrel is made out of a singlepiece of wire bent to proper form, and the endsof the wire may be weldedor otherwise secured to each other.

As has before been explained, the loop 8 at each end of the cage liesinsubstantially the same plane as the other portion of the wire whichconnectsthe members 5 and 6. The loop 13, however, is bent out of theplane in which the half round portion 12 lies, the purpose being toenable the portion 13' to readily cooperate with the rounded portion 8.

As will be evident, the reel may be disase sembled and the parts thereofwhen disassembled will lie substantially flat, thus permitting it to bestored or shipped in flattened or knock-down condition.

I am aware that it has been proposed heretoiore to provide a cage orbarrel for a reel in which the end members are so formed as to providean eye for the reception of a mandrel or shaft, but in such types it hasbeen the common practice to form the eye by twistingthe adjacentportions of the reel,to thereby interlock the members forming thebarrel. This undoubtedly serves the purpose of providing a rigid barrelfor a reel, but it is impossible to ship such a reel in knock-downcondition for the barrel of the reel is a permanently formed structure.

In the present invention all the advantages of .1V barrel which the eyeis formed by twisting the adjacent portiensof the wire are secured, andthe additional advantage is secured of ability to disassemble the partsof the reel, so that it maybe handled in knock- =5 down condition. v I vIt is obvious that some changes may be made in the construction asdisclosed, without 'in'any way departing from the/spirit of thisinvention. 7

Havlng thus descr bed my invention what 7 I claim 1s:

1. A reel comprising a barrel and separable head members, the saidbarrel comprising two independent substantially rectangularmemhers whichwhen assembled have their end portions disposed diagonally with respectto 1 7 each other, each of the end portions being provided withsubstantially semi-circularportions which cooperate to form. an eye andthe end portions beingprovided with interlockingloops which prevent themembers of the barrel from spreading. I

2. 'A reel comprising -'a barrel and removable head members, the saidbarrel comprising a pairof substantially rectangular members havingtheir end portions disposed diagonally with respect to each other whenthe saidmembers are in assembled position, the end portions of one ofsaid members each having a loop lying in substantially the same plane asthe plane of the end portions, the other of said members having each ofits end portions provided with a loopextending at substantially rightangles with the plane of the end portions, the said loops upon the endportions of the respective members being adapted to interlock when themembers are in engagement, the said end portions being formed withoppositely extending rounded portions which when the members areassembled form an eye.

3. A reel comprising a barrel and separable head members, the saidbarrel comprising a pair of substantially rectangular members havingtheir end portions disposed diagonally with respect to each. other whenthesaid members are assembled with respect to each other, each of theend portions being provided with rounded portions which cooperate toform eyes, the end portions of one of said members being provided withloops and the end portion of the other of said members being providedwith loops which are adapted two independent barrel members, the endportions of each of said barrelmembers being provided with portionswhich cooperate 'to form an, eye and further provided with preformedloops adapted to interlock on only one side of said eye to prevent saidbarrel-mem bers from spreading.

In testimony whereof, I'hereuntov affix my signature. 7

